[GrowRR] Rooted or Non-rooted

[derek butcher]

Frank
There are some that look and do not see. This is common amongst humans who
take a household article as gospel and I am as guilty of this as others.
Your first challenge is to find a seed pod on T. usneoides. Then you hope
the seed is viable when you put in on some handy bark. A year after
germination try to pull off the seedling!They don't lose their roots as
such - strands get broken off and blow away. If you could reproduce without
sex what would you do if you were the lazy sort!
Have fun
Uncle Derek

At 09:28 PM 13/04/04 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 04/13/04 04:14:37 AM Central Daylight Time,
>tillands at senet.com.au writes:
> 
> If you grew your Tillandsias from seed they would all have roots including
> T. usneoides. 
>
> 
> Uncle Derek,
> I live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and I'm embarrassed to express
> my ignorance, but I thought Tillandsia usneoides was the one flowering
>plant that never has roots. It is a common tree epiphyte here and, of
> course, you never see any with roots. Do the seedlings start out with
>primordial roots and then loose them at a certain age?
> Frank